Patents by Inventor Patrice Davan

Patrice Davan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic page layout validation
    Patent number: 8340408
    Abstract: A method for validating the layout of webpages comprises receiving a webpage, transforming the webpage into a color-coded page, and determining based at least in part on detecting a color on the color-coded page that a layout of the webpage contains an error. The transforming can comprise identifying a block of content in the webpage, identifying a size and a location of the block, creating a new block with the size and the location of the block, and assigning a new color to the new block. The determining can comprise storing an image snapshot of the color-coded page and comparing the image snapshot to a reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Patrice Davan, Sassda Chap
  • AUTOMATIC PAGE LAYOUT VALIDATION
    Publication number: 20100220923
    Abstract: A method for validating the layout of webpages comprises receiving a webpage, transforming the webpage into a color-coded page, and determining based at least in part on detecting a color on the color-coded page that a layout of the webpage contains an error. The transforming can comprise identifying a block of content in the webpage, identifying a size and a location of the block, creating a new block with the size and the location of the block, and assigning a new color to the new block. The determining can comprise storing an image snapshot of the color-coded page and comparing the image snapshot to a reference image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Patrice Davan, Sassda Chap